英语词汇“when possible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. In elliptical phrases, as if possible, when possible, as far (also much) as possible, etc.

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1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 490 Let me here..expiate, if possible, my crime.

1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 229 Notice be given to as many of The Members as possible.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶2 I shall endeavour as much as possible to establish among us a Taste of polite Writing.

1719 J. Addison Wks. (1721) I. Ded. to Craggs 2 That they may come to you with as little disadvantage as possible.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xiv. 208 Endeavour to apply every speculative Study, as far as possible, to some practical Use.

1824 T. Carlyle tr. Wilhelm Meister II. xii. 237 If one did not try to parget-up the outward man as long as possible.

1882 Knowledge 2 70 So that she might be cured, if possible.

1899 Times 20 Jan. 15/1 The local bodies were not sufficiently alive to the duty of sparing the income-tax as much as possible.

1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 183 Brigit wanted them there as long as possible.

1991 Pract. Householder Apr. 11/2 Look for timber that is straight and, if possible, does not have too many knots in it.

2004 M. Potter Set Theory & its Philos. xiii. 233 Part of what makes large cardinals so hard to accept is precisely the Cantorian finitism, which has sometimes been used to motivate them. This is the idea that infinite sets are, as far as possible, just like finite sets.

单词	when possible
释义	> as lemmas when possible e. In elliptical phrases, as if possible, when possible, as far (also much) as possible, etc. ΚΠ 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 490 Let me here..expiate, if possible, my crime. View more context for this quotation 1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 229 Notice be given to as many of The Members as possible. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶2 I shall endeavour as much as possible to establish among us a Taste of polite Writing. 1719 J. Addison Wks. (1721) I. Ded. to Craggs 2 That they may come to you with as little disadvantage as possible. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xiv. 208 Endeavour to apply every speculative Study, as far as possible, to some practical Use. 1824 T. Carlyle tr. Wilhelm Meister II. xii. 237 If one did not try to parget-up the outward man as long as possible. 1882 Knowledge 2 70 So that she might be cured, if possible. 1899 Times 20 Jan. 15/1 The local bodies were not sufficiently alive to the duty of sparing the income-tax as much as possible. 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 183 Brigit wanted them there as long as possible. 1991 Pract. Householder Apr. 11/2 Look for timber that is straight and, if possible, does not have too many knots in it. 2004 M. Potter Set Theory & its Philos. xiii. 233 Part of what makes large cardinals so hard to accept is precisely the Cantorian finitism, which has sometimes been used to motivate them. This is the idea that infinite sets are, as far as possible, just like finite sets. extracted from possibleadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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